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Heavenly Care Child Development Center 3 employee Kenyia Boyd reads to Noah Hall at the center in Alexandria on May 30. Hall is able to attend the center for free thanks to a grant from MacKenzie Scott.
State’s neediest families bolstered by gifts STAFF PHOTOS By JAVIER GALLEGOS
As recently as the 1940s, the Plaquemine Lock, a critical structure and feat of engineering — which lifted boats so they could navigate changes in elevation — would have been bustling with watercraft transporting timber and oil.
Historic Plaquemine Lock Site reopening after months of renovations BY HALEY MILLER Staff writer
The Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site was serene Thursday morning, as water meandered through the nowdefunct lock chamber and bright sun reflected off the white glazed bricks of the lock house. As recently as the 1940s, this
Heather Blanchard, vice president of Friends of the Lock, points out the levee Thursday at the Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site.
critical structure and feat of engineering — which lifted boats so they could navigate changes in elevation — would have been bustling with watercraft transporting timber and oil. In 1942, the lock shepherded 3.5 million tons of cargo that traveled between the Mississippi River and the
ä See LOCK, page 5A
dent Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major Associated Press freeway and setting autonomous LOS ANGELES — Tensions in Los vehicles on fire as local law enAngeles escalated Sunday as forcement used tear gas, rubber thousands of protesters took to bullets, and flash bangs to control the streets in response to Presi- the crowd.
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Some police patrolled the streets on horseback while others with riot gear lined up behind Guard troops deployed to protect federal facilities including a detention center where some immigrants were taken in recent days. The clashes came on the third
BY JENNA ROSS Staff writer
day of demonstrations against Trump’s immigration crackdown in the region, as the arrival of around 300 federal troops spurred anger and fear among some residents.
ALEXANDRIA — The day care center’s door opened before Ananda Flanagan and her son, Noah, reached it. “Good morning, Noah!” the center’s director sang to the 1-year-old, her arms stretched out to him. “How are you today?” Noah beamed. When Flanagan was pregnant, she had planned for Scott family to help with child care. But after her aunt’s schedule shifted, the Colfax resident found herself shuffling Noah to work with her, setting him in a pack-and-play. Desperate for an alternative, she came across an online ad for an early childhood education grant. “It was God,” she said. It was also MacKenzie Scott. In late 2023, flush with a surprise, $14
ä See GUARD, page 4A
ä See GIFTS, page 3A
National Guard faces off with L.A. protesters BY ERIC THAYER, JASON DEAREN and JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott pads foundations with $180M
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